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on for themselves support small tribes, address homelessness. vote yes on 27. cb ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ ♪ ♪ >> duncan: breaking news, the f.b.i. has executed a search warrant on former president trump's mar-a-lago home. what we know at this hour. plus, president biden and the first lady travel to flood ravaged kentucky to get a firsthand look at the devastation. meeting residents and first responders, the president makes a promise. >> we're staying till everybody is back to where they were. >> duncan: with the threat of more rain on their way. cbs' nancy cordes speaks with families who are digging out from the mud left behind. >> people here are resilient, strong, smart and courageous. they will rebuild, they'll need help. >> duncan: four muslim men gunned down in albuquerque, investigators looking into a possible link. we talk to one grieving brother. >> right now everybody is scared.
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>> duncan: used consider car prices are skyrocketing. >> reporter: how much did you pay for that out the door? >> 86,000. >> duncan: the world of car flipping. >> reporter: they gave you how much? >> $101,000. >> duncan: and remembering olivia newton-john. ♪ you're the one i want ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. ♪ ♪ ♪ to our viewers in the west >> duncan: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. i'm jericka duncan in for norah. tonight we start off with breaking news. the f.b.i. served a swarn on former president donald trump's home in mar-a-lago, palm beach, florida. he said his home was under siege and compared out the watergate break-in. >> reporter: this is without
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precedent in american history. the former president of the united states now subject to a search or of his primary now sua search or residence by the f.b.i. according to multiple source the f.b.i. search for documents related to the presidential records act, a law that requires official records from the presidency to be saved in the national archives. failure to comply is potentially a violation of federal law. we do not know which records if any the f.b.i. found in the search or if they were classified. trump was not at mar-a-lago at the time of the f.b.i. raid but confirmed it in a statement. in that statement, trump said, "a large group of f.b.i. agents" came to his mar-a-lago home. trump also said in that statement "they broke into my safe." to be clear this is an f.b.i. raid under powers granted by a federal judge. trump is also under federal investigation for numerous actions undertaken to overturn the 2020 presidential election and events leading up to the capitol riot on january 6th
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2021, days after trump left the white house after losing the election to president joe biden. merrick garland said repeatedly and emphatically trump would not be immune of investigation or prosecution if evidence of a crime warned. jericka. >> duncan: noting no one is above the law. major, thank you. today president biden and the first lady got a closeup look at the catastrophic flange that killed at least 37 people in kentucky. they toured the devastated communities and met with victims and first responders in one of the worst flooding disasters in state history. cbs' nancy cordes was there in whitesburg, kentucky. >> eporter: this is what's left of county whitesburg, now that the north fork kentucky river has receded. crews carted off mountains of debris after pour feet of water rushed into the homes in the middle of the night two weeks ago. >> they got out with the clother rushed into the homes in the on their back. >> reporter: beverly johnson's
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father escaped by boat and is now living in a camper. >> this house has to be demolished. woe thought we could safe to, but the floors are buckled and there's already model. it's not going to be safe to move back into. so they'll demolish it and try to put something back. >> reporter: with but your father wants to stay. >> he wants to stay. >> reporter: president biden toured a nearby lost creek where rushing waters carted off school buses and upended mobile homes. >> you're abamerican citizen. we never give up, stop, bow or bend, we just go forward. >> reporter: the disaster zone stretches across 12 eastern kentucky counties. as much as 10 and a half inches of rain came down in 48 hours, turning creeks into rivers in an area made more vulnerable by strip mining. hundreds are housed in kentucky state parks. 37 people have been confirmed dead, including two here in
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whitesburg, who were drieght work when their car was washed off the road. how many of these houses will have to be torn down? >> we haven't done the assessment but i'm assuming half. >> reporter: tiffany craft was just elected mayor last year. >> you go through that initial shock, and everyone came to acceptance, and then started rebuilding. >> reporter: kentucky's governor told president biden today this region how has enough bottled water and used clothing. what they really need at this point are more cash donations, because despite the help from fema, the people are going to need to replace everything. >> duncan: definitely looks that way, nancy cordes, thank you. parts of the mile-high city looked more like the sunken city of atlantis sunday. denver residents were stranded and some had to be rescued after flood waters turned streets into rivers. else where, dangerous heat remains in the forecast for much
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of the country. mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening. >> reporter: jericka, good evening. the heat has been punishing across the northeast. nothing changes tuesday with temperatures back in the 90s. 97 in boston. 26 straight days with a temperature above 80 degrees, an all-time record for the city. the next cold front comes in, promises to cool things off by brings storms, flooding rain across the midwest. rains could lead to travel problems on the roadways and the airport, in many locations, moderate to high impact at the airports. the tropics, after being quiet, coming alive again. the national hurricane center designating this cluster of thunderstorms off the coast of africa as an area to watch with 40% chance of becoming our next named storm. >> duncan: thanks, mike. tonight in albuquerque, new mexico, the f.b.i. is on the scene looking into the recent
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killings of four muslim men. authorities believe the murders may be connected and are asking for the public's help. cbs' omar villafranca is there. >> reporter: the fourth muslim victim in the string of shootings was killed in what investigators believe to be a targeted attack. >> we know this is not our city. we don't know the background of the perpetrator who is doing this, we don't know how long they have been here or not. >> reporter: 25-year-old naeem hussain was shot just hours after attending funeral services for muhammad afzaal hussain and aftab hussein, who were both also ambushed and killed in the last two weeks. in november, 62-year-old mohammad zaher ahmadi was also killed. authorities believe the shootings of the four muslim immigrants could be second. >> everybody's scared. >> reporter: the grief is raw for sharif hadi nine months after his brother was killed in a halal market. the family fled from afghanistan in the eighties. he's frightened and frustrated. >> to be honest, i don't care
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about my life anymore, when i lost my -- >> reporter: local police are >> reporter: local police are working with the f.b.i. and over the weekend released a photo of this car which they say is wand in connection to the shootings. sources tell cbs news the f.b.i. is helping determine whether the killings are a hate crime, a serial killer or both. across the country, a sample from a dozen cities shows a 45% increase in anti-muslim hate crimes in 2021. in response to the killings, police increased patrols around centers and mosques. they've set up an anonymous tip line and the reward is up to $20,000. jericka. >> duncan: omar villafranca in albuquerque, thank you. back here in washington, senate democrats are celebrating the
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weekend passage of a multi- billion-dollar spending bill that's focus opened healthcare, climate change and taxes. cbs' scott macfarlane takes a closer look at how and when you might actually peel the impact. >> klobuchar, aye. >> reporter: after a weekend marathon voting in the u.s. senate. >> and the bill as amended is passed. as amended is >> reporter: approving a nearly three quarters of trill dollar plan called the inflation reduction act, the work week began at small businesses like kyle burk's book store today, with skepticism anything willink change immediately. >> i think it will be foolish to expect short term fixes from congress. >> reporter: foods prices and oster costs are squeezing capitol police. meaning burk may have to pay more. challenging for you? >> absolutely. >> reporter: the senate vote straight down party lines with republicans blasting the plan saying it might fuel inflation by raising taxes. >> this gives phony and cynical a bad name. >> reporter: with $369 billion for clean energy programs, it's the largest climate change bill in u.s. history.
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including tax credits for people who buy electric cars and energy efficient home upgrades. it expands subsidies to help people get insurance under the affordable care act and a 15% tax rate on corporation also. left out of the bill, a plan to cap price on insulin, as insulin prices are estimated to have soared from $20 to $250 a vial over the ast 20 years. have you noticed the price increasing? >> significantly. >> reporter: michelle williamss? in knows how the cost of insulin can slam families. her daughter suffered fromfrom diabetes before she died. >> you can't afford particular insulin that you need. >> reporter: the u.s. house is expected to pass this legislation friday, after which it goes to president biden's desk. democrats are hoping this is a political victory ahead of the midterm elections and hard to see if it's toll make a dent. >> duncan: the pentagonections o
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see announced a passage for ukraine. the u.s. is pledging another billion dollars in rockets, ammunition and other equipment, as increased shelling around europe's largest nuclear plant is raising safety concerns. here's cbs's charlie de mar -- charlie d'agata from ukraine. >> reporter: the back and forth over the power plant took a men financing turn, fears of a catastrophic incident, something president zelenskyy condemned as russian nuclear terror. the plant lies on a front line of an intensifying russian offensive across southern ukraine. here in the coastal city of mykolaiv has become the focus of russian fire power. ukrainian emergency services released drone footage this weekend, said to show the aftermath of the latest artill major general marchenko is the commander of the region.
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is it your sense there will be a showdown in mykolaiv? yes, we're preparing to this offensive, he said. our soldiers will stand until the end, no one is planning to give up mykolaiv. he said the russians are running out of precision missiles, turning to much older weapons in their arsenal. we found missile debris with primitive old components and transistors, he said, technology from the 1960s. we spoke in the rubble of the regional government headquarters devoid in a precision missile strike many march. by luck alone, mykolaiv governor was not in his office that morning. why do you think the russians are so intent on attacking mykolaiv? >> first of all, they want to scare the civil population. second one, they are terrorists. >> reporter: they are under strict blackout conditions here, that's when the nightly bombardment begins. but the russians have slaysly more fire power. the general told us for every
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shell ukrainian forces fire, the russians respond with ten. jericka. >> duncan: charlie d'agata, thank you. if you were at the airport this weekend, there's a good chance your flights were delayed or canceled. we'll tell you about proposed new rules that may have airnldz airnldz -- aerials paying up when we come back in 6 second. >> duncan: you could call this airnldz -- aerials paying up when we come back in 6 second. . who doesn't love "open"? offices. homes. stages. possibilities. your world. open. and you can help keep it that way. ♪♪ i brought in ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks. uhh...
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more than 60 migrants from central and south america arrived in manhattan since friday straining shelter capacity for asylum seekers. new york's mayor eric adams says some were forced on to those buses. texas has also bused more than 6,000 migrants to washington, d.c.. the man known as the voice of american history has died. david mccullough was a pulitzer prize winner writer who covered subjects ranging from the brooklyn bridge to president's john adams and harry truman. he also narrated ken burns' "civil war" documentary and the movie "seabiscuit.""seabiscuit." david mccullough was 89 years old. well, up next, from house flipping to flipping cars. we'll tell you what's driving this new market. how am i looking? looking good! the most cautious driver we got am i there? no keep going how's that? i'll say when
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>> in the last two years i have been driving brand-new cars and have not lost a cent. >> reporter: eddie gribust flipped his car for $5,000 more than he paid for it. >> nine months, and this is how much it appreciated. >> i have been basic vehicles like a honda civic and toyota camry, these vehicles are worth more in the used than the new market. >> reporter: typically cars lose more than 20% of their value the first year on the road. since the pandemic began, used car prices are actually up 53%, and that has some car owners seeing green. >> we continue have enough newue cars. guess what? consumers resort to used cars, essentially raising the ceiling of what used cars cost. >> what does this do for a mom who's going to try to buy a used toyota camry? >> eth going to be shock and awe. you're guaranteed every price point to pay more and getless. >> reporter: some car-maker are cracking down. g.m. warns buyers the warnings - - warranties on some vehicles will disappear if the cars are
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flipped in the first ten months. tesla said it will cancel any order with a view made toward resale. that's what happened to dennis wang's next car. >> my orders for teslas actually have been deleted. they're really trying to protect the customers and themselves at the end of the day. >> reporter: in this high revving economy, you should ceck the value of your car online especially if you have a lease. it's probably worth more than you owe on it. that can give you bargaining power at the dealership or you could sell it and turn it into cash. >> the more you know. carter evans, thank you. still ahead the battle to contain a deadly and explosive fire in cuba.
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>> duncan: finally tonight, we remember olivia newton-john, who died today at the age of 73. john travolta said on instagram, my dearest olivia, you made all of our lives so much better. here's cbs' jim axelrod. ♪ i honestly love you ♪ >> she was a four-time grammy winner who had five number one hits. ♪ xanadu ♪ ♪ but for so many, remembering olivia newton-john tonight, it was one of the great makeovers in hollywood history. ♪ hopelessly devoted to you. >> reporter: from wholesome goodie-two-shoes sandy olsson to john travolta's leather and spanned clad bombshell girlfriend in the 1978 movie "grease" that defined her career. born in england 73 years ago, olivia newton-john moved to australia at the age of five. her initial success as a soft
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rock singer, placing fourth in the eurovision contest in 1974, was dwarfed by the white-hot super-stardom she found after coming to the u.s. in the mid '70s. "physical" spent ten weeks at number one in the '80s. ♪ ♪ ♪ she would spend years on environmental and animal rights issues, all while carrying on a three decade-long battle with breast cancer. >> i'm not a victim. i don't want to be one. i feel what happened to me has had purpose. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: olivia newton- john's purpose-filled life would proved so much joy to so many. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> duncan: she focused on the now, and lived in the moment. that's tonight's "cbs evening news" for norah o'donnell. i'm jericka duncan. have a great night. ♪ ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
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> >> an exciting day in oakland as as kids return to school from summer break. we discovered something was missin. > >> right now we are 40 teachers short for this school year. protesters rally calling foe action on monkeypox. this as a controversial new idea idea is proposed to create more. >> this is showing me what marginalized communities are going through and not given the. >> one thing that you can not do do when you leave the government government is take it with you. >> retired san francisco fbi agent weighs in on what the fbi was looking for at former presit trump's florida home. what he says agents probably did did not find. > >> and remembering an icon. how a local theater is paying te
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to olivia newton-john. olivia newton-john. >> >> it will be an honor to pay tribute to her and the roles in music she made poplar. made poplar. > >> the school year has officially begun in oakland where thousands of students headed back to class today. good evening. i'm elizabeth cook. ryan s the night off. the classrooms may be full of students but there still is a shortage of teachers. > >> you just got to love the visl signs of the first day of school. backpacks, lined up here at room 5, second grade. students, yep,y near their classrooms. s are optional here. one one thing missing in the district right now that they are they are hoping to fill. and that is teachers. >> right now we are 40 teachers short for this school year. that said, we have all of our
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